Little Napoleon

Be like Napoleon Bonaparte for his perseverance but not Little Napoleon for his illusion

The government today is very well-known for its so called transparent approach and recently the PM has tabled two of his latest brainchild legislation aim at regaining the public trust on the Judiciary and the Anti Corruption Agency. While such move is commendable but sadly there are always bad apples and little Napoleons within the government structure. The immediate transfer of the Enforcement Director of the Immigration Department to a mere acting post in the Consumer Affairs Department is certainly bewildering since he is known as a no nonsense kind of person. It is not immediately known the reason behind his sudden transfer which in the end forces him to opt for early retirement.

His is only many instances whereby performing civil servants are being kept in the closet for their excellent services while others who do not really performed but are very intelligent at manipulation and ingratiation will be the ones who are enjpying fast promotion and perks. The higher ups prefer these scumbags since they like what they are hearing or seeing and furthermore they prefer the concocted truth.

Actually there are many performing and excellent civil servants out there but most of the time they have to defend themselves against their higher ups particularly when it comes to transparency and public interest. In the end, they are victimised and gradually they lost the zest to fight and they too become the bad apples. We may not know the reason behind Pak sako's transfer but to the public it tantamount to punishing and ultimately hiding him for being good at his job.

When are going to be true to our words? The civil servants motto of following order should be revisited and reinvented to project an excellent service and not merely following order from the higher ups.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.